Taeho Uhm is a qualified 8th Dan Black Belt Taekwondo Master. Since receiving his first medal as a Taekwondo athlete in 1989 he has made remarkable achievements during his thirty year professional career. In his early days he obtained national scholarships as an outstanding youth athlete and went on to win numerous medals at prestigious national and international competitions.

After his monumental achievements as a Taekwondo athlete, he continued following his passion by coaching numerous young Korean and international athletes to achieve their ultimate goals. He became a national Taekwondo Program Coach for ‘Taekwondo Australia’, where he assisted in the preparation of elite Australian athletes for domestic, national and international competition. This coaching included the Olympics in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. At this level, and at many other prestigious competitions, he helped in producing numerous outstanding Australian results.

His passion and belief on the impact of Taekwondo, how it serves, promotes and benefits individual’s body and soul, has led him to design great Taekwondo programs in educational settings. He helped establish the Taekwondo program at Victoria University (VU) as the director of the VU Taekwondo Academy. There are a number of his students currently working as Taekwondo instructors and trainers all around Australia.